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Tom Burns
Thomas Everett Burns
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7" , Weight: 152 lb.

Born: March 30, 1857 in Honesdale, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1880
Final Game: July 22, 1892
Died: March 19, 1902 in Jersey City, NJ
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1880 23 CHC NL 85 345 333 47 103 17 3 0 43 12 23 .309 .333 .378 .712 134 126 *6/521
1881 24 CHC NL 84 356 342 41 95 20 3 4 42 14 22 .278 .306 .389 .695 111 133 *6/45
1882 25 CHC NL 84 370 355 55 88 23 6 0 48 15 28 .248 .278 .346 .625 95 123 46
1883 26 CHC NL 97 418 405 69 119 37 7 2 67 13 31 .294 .316 .435 .750 117 176 *64/O
1884 27 CHC NL 83 356 343 54 84 14 2 7 44 13 50 .245 .272 .359 .631 91 123 *6/5
1885 28 CHC NL 111 461 445 82 121 23 9 7 71 16 48 .272 .297 .411 .708 114 183 *6/4
1886 29 CHC NL 112 459 445 64 123 18 10 3 65 15 14 40 .276 .298 .382 .680 94 170 *5
1887 30 CHC NL 115 459 424 57 112 20 10 3 60 32 34 32 .264 .320 .380 .700 84 161 1 *5/O
1888 31 CHC NL 134 512 483 60 115 12 6 3 70 34 26 49 .238 .281 .306 .588 82 148 3 *5
1889 32 CHC NL 136 559 525 64 127 27 6 4 66 18 32 57 .242 .288 .339 .627 71 178 2 *5
1890 33 CHC NL 139 597 538 86 149 17 6 5 86 44 57 45 .277 .348 .359 .707 103 193 2 *5
1891 34 CHC NL 59 264 243 36 55 8 1 1 17 18 21 21 .226 .288 .280 .568 61 68 0 5/6O
1892 35 PIT NL 12 42 39 7 8 0 0 0 4 1 3 8 .205 .262 .205 .467 41 8 0 /5O
13 Seasons 1251 5198 4920 722 1299 236 69 39 683 162 270 454 .264 .303 .364 .667 95 1790 8
162 Game Avg. 162 673 637 93 168 31 9 5 88 35 59 .264 .303 .364 .667 95 232
CHC (12 yrs) 1239 5156 4881 715 1291 236 69 39 679 161 267 446 .264 .304 .365 .669 96 1782 8
PIT (1 yr) 12 42 39 7 8 0 0 0 4 1 3 8 .205 .262 .205 .467 41 8 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1885 28 CHC NL WS STL W 7 25 25 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .080 .080 .160 .240 4
1886 29 CHC NL WS STL L 6 21 21 2 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 .286 .286 .476 .762 10
2 Seasons (2 Series) 13 46 46 5 8 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 .174 .174 .304 .478 14
2 WS 13 46 46 5 8 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 .174 .174 .304 .478 14
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1880 23 CHC NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 10 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 6.8 0.50
1 Season 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 10 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 6.8 0.50
162 Game Avg. 0 0 0.00 68 0 0 0 0 0 88 136 272 0 0 136 68 0 0 680 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 6.8 0.50
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1880 CHC NL 23 SS 79 287 62 186 39 9 .864 3.14 .884 4.31
1880 CHC NL 23 3B 9 27 8 14 5 0 .815 2.44 .863 3.31
1880 CHC NL 23 C 2 7 3 2 2 0 .714 2.50 .914 6.35 2
1880 CHC NL 23 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00
1881 CHC NL 24 SS 80 401 100 249 52 20 .870 4.36 .873 4.55
1881 CHC NL 24 2B 3 24 10 13 1 1 .958 7.67 .896 6.20
1881 CHC NL 24 3B 3 10 6 1 3 1 .700 2.33 .890 3.53
1882 CHC NL 25 2B 43 281 129 127 25 21 .911 5.95 .894 6.06
1882 CHC NL 25 SS 41 231 60 131 40 9 .827 4.66 .856 4.36
1883 CHC NL 26 SS 79 437 121 260 56 25 .872 4.82 .850 4.54
1883 CHC NL 26 2B 19 144 59 57 28 5 .806 6.11 .901 6.00
1883 CHC NL 26 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1-0-0
1884 CHC NL 27 SS 80 421 99 254 68 21 .838 4.41 .868 4.25
1884 CHC NL 27 3B 3 9 3 5 1 0 .889 2.67 .844 3.10
1885 CHC NL 28 SS 111 617 151 370 96 35 .844 4.69 .876 4.54
1885 CHC NL 28 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.70
1886 CHC NL 29 3B 112 445 149 247 49 12 .890 3.54 .861 3.27
1887 CHC NL 30 3B 107 475 168 246 61 23 .872 3.87 .870 3.37
1887 CHC NL 30 OF 8 18 16 2 0 2 1.000 2.25 .867 1.92 6-2-0
1888 CHC NL 31 3B 134 516 194 273 49 16 .905 3.49 .873 3.11
1889 CHC NL 32 3B 136 598 225 301 72 30 .880 3.87 .886 3.52
1890 CHC NL 33 3B 139 532 188 290 54 25 .898 3.44 .882 3.50
1891 CHC NL 34 3B 53 223 92 107 24 11 .892 3.75 .879 3.62
1891 CHC NL 34 SS 4 22 7 11 4 1 .818 4.50 .900 5.15
1891 CHC NL 34 OF 2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 .900 1.90 2-0-0
1892 PIT NL 35 3B 8 29 10 10 9 0 .690 2.50 .903 3.52
1892 PIT NL 35 OF 3 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.67 .933 1.87 1-0-2
10 Seasons 3B 704 2864 1043 1494 327 118 .886 3.60 .876 3.38
7 Seasons SS 474 2416 600 1461 355 120 .853 4.35 .869 4.44
4 Seasons 2B 66 449 198 197 54 27 .880 5.98 .896 6.04
4 Seasons OF 14 28 24 3 1 2 .964 1.93 .882 1.91 10-2-2
1 Season C 2 7 3 2 2 0 .714 2.50 .914 6.35 2
1 Season P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00
13 Seasons TOT 1261 5764 1868 3157 739 267 .872 3.98 .746 3.91 10-2-2 2
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1880 NL--.309--5th

On-Base% s c a p y
1880 NL--.333--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1880 NL--85--9th
1882 NL--84--4th
1885 NL--111--8th
1888 NL--134--8th
1889 NL--136--1st
1890 NL--139--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1885 NL--445--9th

Hits s c a p y
1880 NL--103--6th

Total Bases s c a p y
1885 NL--183--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1881 NL--20--10th
1882 NL--23--7th
1883 NL--37--3rd
1885 NL--23--9th
1889 NL--27--10th

Triples s c a p y
1885 NL--9--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1881 NL--4--4th
1884 NL--7--9th
1885 NL--7--3rd

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1880 NL--43--7th
1883 NL--67--6th
1885 NL--71--4th
1888 NL--70--8th
1890 NL--86--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1885 NL--48--8th
1889 NL--57--9th

Singles s c a p y
1880 NL--83--6th
1890 NL--121--9th

Runs Created s c a p y
1880 NL--42--10th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1883 NL--46--4th
1885 NL--39--7th

Times On Base s c a p y
1880 NL--115--7th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1880 NL--.687--9th

AB per HR s c a p y
1881 NL--85.500--4th
1884 NL--49.000--8th
1885 NL--63.571--5th

Outs Made s c a p y
1882 NL--267--9th
1885 NL--324--9th
1889 NL--398--7th
1890 NL--389--10th

Saves s c a p y
1880 NL--0--9th

Oldest s c a p y
1890 NL--born 1857-03-30--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (674), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 57 (432), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 3 (2228), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1303), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1060), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Billy Rogell (935)
  3. Bucky Harris (935) *
  4. Art Fletcher (933)
  5. Lyn Lary (931)
  6. Wilbert Robinson (930) *
  7. Jack O'Connor (929)
  8. Frankie Gustine (929)
  9. Sam Wise (927)
  10. Bones Ely (927)
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  1. Placido Polanco (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Cissell (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Luke Appling (976) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. John Grim (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rollie Hemsley (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rollie Hemsley (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Billy Rogell (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bill Cissell (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Billy Rogell (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jack O'Connor (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jack O'Connor (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jack O'Connor (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

May 21, 1892: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Chicago Colts.

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Name and misspellings: Thomas Everett tim Tom tommy Burns

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